Palaeocrex fax Wetmore 1927 (rail)

Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Belongs to Palaeocrex according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Brodkorb 1967, Galbreath 1953, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Trigonias Quarry, which is in a Chadronian fluvial-lacustrine volcaniclastic in the Chadron Formation of Colorado

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Trigonias Quarry

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